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...says Doug Sutherland, the state's commissioner of public lands. Other state officials have expressed interest in Washington's model. In September, the California legislature passed a bill to increase fines for owners of derelict vessels. And last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an act that gives NOAA funds and authorization to remove abandoned vessels damaging coral reefs...
...today's inaction in Congress as well as the angry and hyperpartisan statement released by the McCain campaign are exactly why the American people are disgusted with Washington," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "Now is the time for Democrats and Republicans to join together and act in a way that prevents an economic catastrophe." Given Monday's blame game, the odds of both sides rising to the occasion don't look very good...
...economics department Oliver Hart stated, “We’re meant to trust the Treasury to enact this plan in a reasonable manner, but they want a carte blanche, and this is worrying.” It is worrying, and suspicious. In wording reminiscent of the Patriot Act, Section 8 of the bill states, “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” In a refreshing act...
...nearly all PASSHE campuses have organized daily "smoke-in" protests since the ban went into effect on Sept. 11, and they've collected hundreds of signatures on petitions against the anti-smoking measures. They've found support from faculty and even from nonsmokers. "This law, [the Clean Indoor Air Act], very explicitly defines its terms," Kutztown University geography professor Steven Schnell, a nonsmoker, told Cavanaugh during a campus visit last week. "I suggest a grammar class for your legal counsel...
...smoking ban is, should have negotiated the policy with the union," says APSCUF president Steve Hicks, adding, "[It] was insensitive to not recognize the impact on their largest constituent group - the students." PASSHE's Marshall counters that this claim is moot due to the new statewide anti-smoking act...